Demystifying the impact of customer participation on citizenship behaviors through interpersonal attraction and its contingencies

This paper addresses the lack of clarity on the linkage between customer participation (CP) and customer citizenship behavior (CCB) by using reinforcement theory to investigate the mediating role of interpersonal attraction (IPA) and the moderating effect of three types of reinforcers (people, task,...

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Main Authors: Chan, Wa Kimmy, Gong, Taeshik, Sharma, Piyush, Chu, Candace
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2022
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88831
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author Chan, Wa Kimmy
Gong, Taeshik
Sharma, Piyush
Chu, Candace
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description This paper addresses the lack of clarity on the linkage between customer participation (CP) and customer citizenship behavior (CCB) by using reinforcement theory to investigate the mediating role of interpersonal attraction (IPA) and the moderating effect of three types of reinforcers (people, task, and environment) in the impact of CP on CCB. Dyadic data from a field survey of both customers and designers from an interior design institute confirms the mediating role of IPA, particularly under high level of shared similarity between customers and employees, and when the task outcomes are better than expected. Moreover, the effect of IPA on CCB is stronger when customers perceive the organizational climate as highly customer-oriented. Besides extending the CP and CCB literature by exploring the impact of IPA on CCB with CP as a mediator and several reinforcers as moderator, this paper also suggests how service firms may influence their customers’ citizenship behaviors.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-888312022-07-18T07:02:11Z Demystifying the impact of customer participation on citizenship behaviors through interpersonal attraction and its contingencies Chan, Wa Kimmy Gong, Taeshik Sharma, Piyush Chu, Candace This paper addresses the lack of clarity on the linkage between customer participation (CP) and customer citizenship behavior (CCB) by using reinforcement theory to investigate the mediating role of interpersonal attraction (IPA) and the moderating effect of three types of reinforcers (people, task, and environment) in the impact of CP on CCB. Dyadic data from a field survey of both customers and designers from an interior design institute confirms the mediating role of IPA, particularly under high level of shared similarity between customers and employees, and when the task outcomes are better than expected. Moreover, the effect of IPA on CCB is stronger when customers perceive the organizational climate as highly customer-oriented. Besides extending the CP and CCB literature by exploring the impact of IPA on CCB with CP as a mediator and several reinforcers as moderator, this paper also suggests how service firms may influence their customers’ citizenship behaviors. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88831 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.06.023 Elsevier restricted
spellingShingle Chan, Wa Kimmy
Gong, Taeshik
Sharma, Piyush
Chu, Candace
Demystifying the impact of customer participation on citizenship behaviors through interpersonal attraction and its contingencies
title Demystifying the impact of customer participation on citizenship behaviors through interpersonal attraction and its contingencies
title_full Demystifying the impact of customer participation on citizenship behaviors through interpersonal attraction and its contingencies
title_fullStr Demystifying the impact of customer participation on citizenship behaviors through interpersonal attraction and its contingencies
title_full_unstemmed Demystifying the impact of customer participation on citizenship behaviors through interpersonal attraction and its contingencies
title_short Demystifying the impact of customer participation on citizenship behaviors through interpersonal attraction and its contingencies
title_sort demystifying the impact of customer participation on citizenship behaviors through interpersonal attraction and its contingencies
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88831